Making my magazine logo

I wanted a logo that was bold and eye catching like my magazine. I firstly looked at other music magazine logo's for ideas.

I liked how this logo text was in the middle of an image and therefore I attempted to make my own version of this logo:

However I did not like the outcome as it did not blend with my magazine.

I did not like this logo either as it looked too formal and busy.

This logo was bland in colour however I liked the layout of it and decided to base my logo upon it.

I made my logo by using the same title text and adding a black drop shadow. I added blue text underneath the main title with another drop shadow. I last added a small full stop on the right for added effect.